RISSOELLIDAE Gray, 1850
(a family of prosobranch gastropods)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyRISSOELLIDAE (a family of prosobranch gastropods)
SuperfamilyRISSOELLOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
SubclassHETEROBRANCHIA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Fretter, V. & Graham, A. 1978 The prosobranch molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 4 - Marine Rissoacea J. Mollus. Stud. Supplement 6.
Rolan, E., & Rubio, F. 2001 New species of the genera Elachisina and Rissoella (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Cape Verde Archipelago Novapex Vol 2(4): 133-136.

RISSOELLIDAE (a family of prosobranch gastropods) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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